As many folks in the font biz already know, a while back I designed a typeface called Hypatia Sans. The upright faces were made available as a registration incentive for Adobe Creative Suite 3, but the typeface wasn’t available at retail, awaiting the completion of italics to go with it. Three years (!) later, the italics are finally available, and Adobe has released the typeface as a regular retail item. The italics in particular are available at a heavy discount, for those who already have the upright faces as part of CS3 (something I had arranged when I was at Adobe, as I wanted there to be an inexpensive upgrade for existing users). The new version of Hypatia Sans also adds a few more characters, and corrects some minor bugs. Hypatia Sans poster on Adobe’s site, click for high-res PDF. All told, it took me five years part time to do the upright faces, and then a total of three years for first me and then Paul Hunt to finish the italics. Both Paul and I had considerable input from master type designer Robert Slimbach, and he and Miguel Sousa did the kerning of the upright faces when I ran out of time before the CS3 ship. You can read about the design process of the italics and get some idea of why it took so long from Adobe’s type blog, or go to the Adobe store to buy the typeface (links to the US store, international stores should have it soon With the upright faces having been available for so long, it has already seen a fair bit of use, despite the lack of italics. Although I occasionally spot it myself, colleagues often send me examples of it in use. I’ve now seen it in plenty of documents, not only for headings, but even for body text in places ranging from a Sharper Image gadget catalog to $pread, a magazine by and for sex workers. I’ve seen it on business cards from graphic designers and in a visual identity for an architect. Besides those, here are a few.
Home Fonts Blog FAQ Contact Login Register Search Facebook Pinterest Twitter Google+ Hottest Popular Categories Styles Latest Search Submit a font his font was posted on is called Hypatia Sans Pro Light font. This font is in the light style. You can find over 992 other light fonts on Fontsup. You can find more information about this below. If you have any cool fonts for us, log in and share them. Home Hypatia Sans Pro Light Font Font family: Hypatia Sans Pro Style: Light Category: Operation system: Windows, Mac OS Filesize: 305.916 KB Added: Views: 4539 Downloads: 848 Today downloads: 0 Tags: light hypatia sans pro Save + Add Tag Glyphs Family Fonts Other Fonts Hypatia Sans Pro Bold Hypatia Sans Pro Hypatia Sans Pro Black Hypatia Sans Pro Semibold Hypatia Sans Pro Extra Light View All Family Fonts Kozuka Gothic Pro M Agency FB Museo Sans Antique Olive Std Nord Italic Microgramma D OT Bold Extended Myriad Pro Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed Myriad Pro Light Myriad Pro Bold DINPro- Bold Comments Please Login or Register to Leave a Comment Download 0 Users Liked Font Share this Font: Search Fonts Top Searches Dingbats Fedra Serif Class Jack Oxygene 1 Fast And Furious 8 Swift Zapfino Insani Jack's Font Little Loe Galliard Bt Bold Extra Extended Fuente Rapido Y Furioso Ravanian Rebimboca Gradient Futura Saintgermain Calligraphy.
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